The markets soared again today, reversing most of yesterday's wild trading action. The Dow 30 was higher by 323, the S&P 500 added 26, and the Nasdaq 100 gained 74 on the day. Almost every sector of the market was higher today as the "economic optimism" trade continues.

The White House took steps today to put blame on Democrats for a Government shutdown by agreeing to a short term spending bill. There is expected to by much more drama on this as many are looking for a long term solution. Traders expect more market volatility into weeks end.

Apple (AAPL  ) was a major headline today as the company announced that it would repatriate billions of the overseas money they have, now that they can do so at a competitive rate. They say they will add $350 billion to the US economy over the next 5 years. The good news also includes 20,000 new jobs and plans to build a second campus. All told the company expects to pay $38 billion in taxes to the US government, which means they are looking to bring back all of their free cash overseas.

Semiconductors were on fire today with names like Lam Research (LRCX  ), KLA_Tencor (KLAC  ), and Applied Materials (AMAT  ) being the leaders. As financials and the semiconductors make up almost 40% of the S&P 500, this was attributed as some of the reason for the big move.

It wasn't all good news though. Ford (F  ) was the worst performer in the S&P 500, losing 7.02% on the day as the company announced that it's earnings will likely fall in 2018 as commodity costs increase and they invest heavily in new, electric and hybrid vehicles. The company is looking to add 16 new electric vehicles and 24 hybrids which includes a hybrid F-150 by 2022.

The Federal Reserve also released their beige book which almost no one focused on. The report showed that the economy is growing at a modest to moderate pace though inflation still being under 2% was still a concern. The report showed that they still plan on raising rates three times this year.